dissolving paint

[gusl]

Dear LJ Genie,

I would like a liquid that dissolves paint, but not the varnish on the wooden floor. Alternatively, another way to deal with specks of paint.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_tove/]

Do you know what kind of paint and what kind of varnish they are? If they're both oil-based, you're not going to find anything that will affect just the paint, but if the paint is latex, you might get away with just soaking it in soapy water and running a scraper over it. It will be easiest if the speckles are drop-shaped, that is, slightly raised bumps.

Alternatively, the "throw a rug over them and ignore" plan is pretty good too, and in the future, make whomever paints the house use dropcloths, and a brush instead of a roller.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

what are the advantages of a brush vs a roller?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_tove/]

Rollers are way quicker on large surfaces, and easier to get a smooth texture. Rollers are also difficult to use for detail work (you can use cute tiny rollers, but at lot of times people just try to fudge it with the larger ones), and, more importantly in this context, they spatter. It's generally a bad idea to mix brushwork and rolling, because the brushwork has a more definite grain.